Blame

  • 21blame — [n1] condemnation accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation …

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  • 22blame — ► VERB ▪ hold responsible and criticize for a fault or wrong. ► NOUN 1) responsibility for a fault or wrong. 2) criticism for a fault or wrong. ● be to blame Cf. ↑be to blame DERIVATIVES …

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  • 23blame — [blām] vt. blamed, blaming [ME blamen < OFr blasmer, to speak evil of < LL(Ec) blasphemare,BLASPHEME] 1. to accuse of being at fault; condemn (for something); censure 2. to find fault with (for something) 3. to place responsibility for (an… …

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  • 24Blâme — (fr., spr. Blabm), Tadel, Vorwurf, Mißbilligung; daher Blamiren, beschimpfen, in übeln Ruf bringen: Blamös, Blamabel, schimpflich …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 25Blâme — (franz., »Tadel«), üble Nachrede, Schimpf mit dem Nebenbegriff der Lächerlichkeit; ebenso das nichtfranzösische Blamage (spr. māsch ); blamieren, bloßstellen, lächerlich machen (franz. nur: rügen, tadeln); blamabel, tadelnswert …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 26blame — blame1 W3S2 [bleım] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: blamer, from Late Latin blasphemare; BLASPHEME] 1.) to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad ▪ Don t blame me it s not my fault. ▪ I blame his… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27Blame! — Nihongo|Chief Scientist Cibo|シボ主任科学者|Cibo Shuninkagakusha is the head scientist of the Capitol corporation. She tries to access the Net Sphere with an artificially created version of Net Terminal Genes; the experiment fails with disastrous… …

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  • 28blame — I n. 1) to ascribe, assign, attribute (the) blame to smb. 2) to lay, place, put the blame on smb.; to lay the blame at smb. s door 3) to assess; fix the blame 4) to shift the blame to smb. (else) 5) to assume, bear, take the blame for (she took… …

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  • 29blame — blame1 [ bleım ] verb transitive *** to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an accident, problem, or bad situation: If it all goes wrong, don t blame me. Crime is a complex issue we can t simply blame poverty and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30blame — I UK [bleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms blame : present tense I/you/we/they blame he/she/it blames present participle blaming past tense blamed past participle blamed *** to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an… …

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